Packaging box



Feb. 23, 1965 J. H. VINEBERG PACKAGING BOX F'iled June 6, 1962 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 PATENT AGENT Feb. 23, 1965 J. H. VINEBERG PACKAGING BOX 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 6, 1962 PATENT AGENT Feb. 23, 1965 Filed June 6, 1962 J. H. VINEBERG PACKAGING BOX 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 PATENT AGENT Feb. 23, 1965 J. H. VINEBERG PACKAGING BOX 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed June 6, 1962 PATENT AGENT United States Patent 3,170,617 PACKAGING BOX Joseph H. Vineherg, 257 Island Park Drive, Qttawa, (Ontario, Canada Filed June 6, 1962, Ser. No. 201L422 1 Claim. (Cl. 22923) This invention relates to packaging boxes for use in the distribution and sale of various articles of commerce.

Box packaging in the retail field is a necessary procedure in the sale of many articles of merchandise but it constitutes a phase of merchandising which is subject to many well-recognized disadvantages. Many types of boxes, if they are to provide the required degree of protection for the packaged article, are relatively costly and thus indirectly increase the cost of the article. Boxes for certain articles, such as hats, shoes, and the like require formation from a relatively large amount of heavy paperboard and are thus quite costly to manufacture.

An object of the present invention is the provision of a box structure which may be manufactured at substantially reduced cost, which may be produced in collapsed condition and thus is subject to convenient storage in such condition; which may be readily and conveniently erected for reception of articles to be packaged therein; which may be manufactured at low cost while possessing fully adequate and satisfactory strength for protection of packaged articles; and which may have an inexpensive handle structure incorporated therewith for convenience of package carrying.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a box structure which may be employed by a manufacturer as an initial packaging means, which requires no repack aging by the retailer, and which is subject to more convenient packing of articles therein.

The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which: FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a box in accordance with the invention in erected form,

FIGURE 2 is a plan view of a blank employed in the formation of the box of FIGURE 1, I

FIGURE 3 is a plan view of a second blank employed- 1 in the formation of the box of FIGURE 1,

- FIGURE 4 is a perspective view of the box in partially erected form,

FIGURE 5 is a sectional elevation of a modified form of box in accordance with the invention,

FIGURE 6 is a plan view of a further form of box structure in non-erected condition,

FIGURE 7 is a perspective view of the box of FIG- URE 6 in partially erected condition,

FIGURE 8 is a perspective view of a handle member 7 for use with the box of FIGURES 6 and'7,

FIGURE 9 is a perspective view of still another modification of boxstructure in accordance with the invention,

FIGURE 10 is a sectional end elevation of the structure shown in FIGURE 9,

FIGURES 11 and 12 are plan views of blanks employed in the structure of FIGURE 9,

FIGURE 13 a partial elevation of the rear of the structure of FIGURE 9, and

FIGURE 14 is a section on line 14-14 of FIGURE 13. 7'

Referring to FIGURES 1 to 4, 1 is a rectangular blank of flexible sheet material such as paper, cardboard or the like. The blank 1 has a bottom panel 2, side wall panels Sand 4 extending from panel 2 and defined by fold lines 5, and top Wall panels 6 and 7'extending' ice Top wall panel 6 has a handle flap 10 partially severed therefrom,,such handle flap having a handhole 11 therein..

Top wall panel 7 has a slit 12 therein arranged to receive handle fiap It in the erected form of the box.

A second rectangular blank 13 of flexible sheet material such as employed for blank 1 is provided and comprises a bottom panel 14, side wall panels 15 and 16 extending from panel 14 and defined by fold lines 17, and top wall panels 18 and 19 extending from side wall panels 15 and 16 and defined by fold lines 20. Top wall panel 18 has a handle flap 21 with handhole 22 therein partially severed therefrom. Top wall panel 19 has a to form a rectangular open-ended enclosure with top wall panels 18 and 19 in overlapped position and handle flap 21 projecting through slit 23.

Panels 3, 4, 6 and 7 are now folded to form a rectangular enclosure, side wall panels 3 and 4 thereby closing the open'ends of the enclosure, formed by blank 13. Top Wall panels 6 and 7 are placed in overlapped position, handle flap 10 being first passed through the opening formed by formation of handle flap 21 and such flaps 10 and 21 placed in abutting relation. Theflaps .10 and 21 are then passed through the slit 12.

The described handle structure not only forms a convenient handling means for the package but it also' constitutes an effective retaining means for holding the box in erected, closed condition.

Referring to FIGURE 5, the box shown therein is quite similar in structure to that shown in FIGURES 1 1 to 4 but comprises three blanks instead of two. A rec-' tangular blank 24 has a bottom wall panel 25, side Wall panel 26, and top wall panels 28 and 29. Panel 28 has a handle flap .30 and panel 29 has a flap receivingslit 31. A pair of blanks 32 and 33 each have'a flap 34 secured as by adhesive to the under surface of bottom wall panel 25. Blank 32 has a side wall: panel 35-and a top wall panel 36. Blank 33-has a side wall panel 37 and a top wall panel 38. Panel 36 has a handle flap 39 and panel 38 a handle flap receiving slit 40. Each side wall 35 and 37 has end flaps 41. The box is erected in similar manner to the box of FIGURES 1 to 4.

Referring to FIGURES 6, 7 and 8, the box illustrated has a structure of three blanks secured together closely similar to that of FIGURE 5, although the resulting box has a substantially different shape. 'A blank 42 has a bottom wall panel 43, side wall panels 44 and 45, and top wall panels 46 and 47'each having a handle flap receiving slit 48. A pair of blanks 49 and 50 each have a flap 51 secured to outer surface of bottom panel 43'. Blank 49 has an end Wall panel 52 and a top wallpanel 53. Blank 50 has an end wall panel 54 and a top wall panel 55. Each panel 52, 53, 54 and 55 are provided with edges flaps 56. Each panel 53 and 55 has a handle flap receiving slit 57 therein. Erection ofthe box is conducted in the manner previously described. In erected condition, the slits 48 and 57 are in registry A handle member 58 is preferably associated with the box described and comprises a blank having a doubled handle flap 59 provided with handhole 60 formed by partially severing a tab 61 therefrom. Shoulders 62 extend substantially right angularly from flap 59. During erection of the box, the flap 59 is passed through the earner? slits/l8 and, 57 with the shoulders 62 underlyingthe top I wall panels 46,47, 53 and55'.

Referring to FIGURES 9 to 14, the box shown coin- ;prises a blank 63 having a bottom wall panel 64, side wallpa'n'elsfis; a top' wa1l panel 6 6 extending-from one sidewall panel, a flap ea'extending from' panel as, :and a top flap 67- extending' from the other side wall panel 65.- Flap-66a hasa tab fi partially severed therefrom:

In assembling the'structure describeiwthe top panel 7t) of blank 69' is-p'lac'ed in superimposed relation to top panel 66 of blank 63. Flap 66a is folded over panel 76 and its tab 63 pass'edthrou'gh opening '73 in panel 76 to secure the -,assembly'in position. The remaining'panels ofblank 69 ,are'novv folded into wall forming position and tab 74 of one bottom Wall panel '72 passed through a slit still anothr'color, Thus, as many as four colors may be i achieved in the box structure "with a minimum of effort and expense.

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A box structure comprising a unitary blank "of. flexible material having a bottom'wall paneIQa pairfot side Wall panels extending from said bottom wall panel, and a top Wall panel extending from each of said side wall panels,

said top wall panelsbeing foldable into overlapping relation over said bottom wall panel, a second unitary blank of flexible material having a bottom Wall panel in unattached underlying relation to said first'bottom' wall panel, a pair of side wall panels exten'ding'from sai I second bottom wallpanjel, and a top wall panel extending 75 in the other bottom wall panel 72 and also through a pair of slits '76 in bottom'wall panel 64' to further secure the assembly in position. The structure is now substan-r tially asshown in FIGURE 9, whereby one side Wall i panel 65 and its fiap 67 constitute a closure means for the formedrbox. i

It is proposed to employ a handle 58 such as shown in FIGURES for the box structure of FIGURES 9m 14. The handle" flap 59 is adapted to be passed "through a series of registering slits '77,"7S, 79. Finally, ,in closing the box, the fla'pt'af'is' placed over panel as and the handle'fiap 59 passe'd" through a slit'lfi in flap 67. V, 3 It will be appreciated that t-heside Wall opening of the box'struct ure of FIGURES 9 to 14 is of great-converiie encein the packing'therein of many types of articles;

It is contemplated thatthe structure of FIGURES 9' ing of certain articles such as shoes and-the like. A han- 4 i to 14"may be employed by a manufacturerin the pack die 53" may be supplie dywithinthe box and the retailer ,when selling the article, may simply associate the handle with the structureiin the manner described and thus' employ the box as the packaging means, Thus,- no addi-;

t'ionalpacking isrequired by the 'retail'ere g j A featureof t'he' box structure described is that" the i various 'individual parts thereof maybe produced in differen:t co1ors*to ad'd' to the attractiveness of the com= plete'd box.- Printing on the box could, of cours be. in

from each of saidseco'nd side' Wallpanels; said second: top Wall panels being'foldaoleinto overlapping:relationwitlr each other andwith saidfirst top walbpanels, said bottom Wall panels being'of substantially equal} size, and

all of said side Wall panels being ofsubstantially equal size, each of said last'mentioned side Wall panels having afiap at each end thereof foldable into unattached under lying relation Withone of said first mentioned side wall pane1s,one ofsaid top'vvall panels of each of said blanks having. a handhole eontaining flap partially V severed therefrom, the other of said top wall panels of each of said blanks having a slit therein for reception of one of said handhole containing flaps, the handhole containing flap on oneblank generally paralleling thelongi'tudinal axis-of'the blankand the handhole containing flapon the second blank being generally perpendicularto the longitudinal axis thereof so that the flaps areorientated -inlside by side relation .ivhen thetopwall panelsfare orientate in perpendicular overlapping relation to each other, the

1 handhole containing flap on the lowermost top Wall panel I extending through three superimposed top wall panels with'the other handhole containing flap extendingthrough only one overly'ing top Wallpanel References Cited in the file of this patent 7 UNITED, STATES-PATENTS 

